Amakhosi Safari Lodge

• Property TypeGame Lodge
• Guests22
• Rooms/Units8
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• • FEATUREPool

Amakhosi Safari Lodge is a highly recommended KwaZulu Natal game lodge providing a wildlife experience for discerning anyone visiting Zululand.

About Amakhosi Safari Lodge

Situated past Pongola on the road to Nongoma, where King Goodwill Zwelethini has his palaces, Amakhosi Safari Lodge gives majestic new meaning to a royal bush experience and welcome.

Relax in your suite or in a rock-fringed lodge swimming pool and watch the flash of the Lilacbreasted Roller or Malachite Kingfisher, but when darkness falls, listen for the roar of the lions.

Accommodation

Personal attention rules, from the warm hand-towels, sherry and smiles that greet guests, to the plush comfort of the six palatial thatched chalets and two Umntwana Honeymoon Suites strung along the Mkuze River. Each is angled for the ultimate privacy and has a separate lounge, a seductive step-up double bath with candles, and a bedroom opening onto a viewing deck overlooking the river, some set with a personal plunge pool.

River Suites:
Six luxury suites. Ceiling-high windows, private viewing deck with open views across the Mkuze River. Air-conditioned lounge, bedroom and bathroom (with a bath for two), separate shower, toilet and bathrobes. A safe, fully stocked mini-bar and tea / coffee making facilities. Interchangeable lounge which can be transformed into a second bedroom to accommodate children

Umntwana Suites:
Two honeymoon suites. High thatched ceilings, glass walls, and open-plan design with spacious deck, private bubble, pool and hammock. Air-conditioned lounge, bedroom and bathroom (with a bath for two), separate shower, toilet and bathrobes.

Dining

Where flavours offer a combination of an African fusion style with European flair. Brunch is a buffet style comprising a hot and cold smorgasbord, with only the freshest of ingredients. High tea is traditionally served on the veranda with platter after platter boasting vegetable wraps, chicken kebabs, mini pancakes with salmon and caviar, pâtés, quiches, chocolate and mini cheesecakes. Dinner is an elegant candle-lit, multi-course menu accompanied by free-flowing South African wines, alternatively (weather permitting), dinner may also be enjoyed in the open-air boma under the stars.

Lodge Facilities

• Dining room
• Inside lounge
• Bar
• Swimming pool with comfortable deckchairs
• Library
• Curio shop corner
• Satellite television
• Amakhosi River Spa
• Gym
• Infinity pool - adults tranquility zone
• Wi-Fi

Game Activities

• Gamedrive Safaris
• Walking Safaris
• Cultural Safaris
• Seasonal Frogging Safaris (Nov – Feb)
• Eco Walk for Junior Rangers

This is Big 5 territory and what you don't view from your deck, expert guides invariably will deliver on dawn and dusk game drives. Conversation around the fire each night is of close encounters with lionesses and playful cubs, sandbathing elephants and streaking cheetah. But equally engrossing are the adventurous guide's encounters with smaller creatures, from delicate bark spiders to glossy dung beetles; and anecdotes about the trees and medicinal plants of the reserve.

Depending on the season, you can choose from fishing, walking, cultural and frogging safaris. Most evenings, centre on the 5* plated bush dinners produced in the Amakhosi kitchen. Guests linger contentedly on the expansive lodge deck and reconnect themselves with nature through the sounds of the bush, then retire to the friendliness of the bar, or doze around a fire pit, where traditional Zulus and later, fireflies dance.